This article presents four techniques for assessing verticality:the plumb line approach,the total station distance technique,the three-point centering method,and the centroid method.Given the significant error associa...
In bridge engineering,monitoring pier offsets is crucial for ensuring both structural safety and construction quality.The total station measurement method using a reflector is widely employed,offering significant adva...
Shortly after the celebration of twenty years of the narratology seminar at the CRAL(CNRS/EHESS)in Paris,Cao Danhong,professor of French language and literature at Nanjing University in China,conducted an interview wi...
National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.52178353,51808421;the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(WUT:2020III043)。
The performance of clay-pile-pier system under earthquake shaking was comprehensively examined via three-dimensional finite element analyses,in which the complex stress-strain relationships of a clay and piled pier sy...
Hidden by several layers of white paint,the almost forgotten polychromy of Nervi’s exhibition halls emerges from historical images,not necessarily intended to document the complex,but rather as a setting for exhibiti...
National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.U21A20154 and 52078436;the Sichuan Science and Technology Program under Grant Nos.2022JDRC0012,2023YFG0064 and 2023YFS0429;the Opening Funding Project of the Key Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering Simulation and Seismic Resilience of the China Earthquake Administration。
Conventional reinforced concrete piers are vulnerable to severe compressive damage under strong earthquake conditions and are difficult to quickly rehabilitate.This paper develops a new type of composite pier,consisti...
National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.51778248;Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province under Grant No.2018J01075;Education and Science Project for Young and Middle-aged Teacher of Fujian Province under Grant No.JAT200825;Research Trained Fund for Outstanding Young Researcher in Higher Education Institutions of Fujian Province。
To enable rapid recovery of a steel bridge column after an earthquake,a novel tubular-section steel bridge column equipped with low-yield-point(LYP)steel tubular plates in the root replaceable pier is proposed.For the...
Local scour around bridge piers and abutments is one of the most significant causes of bridge failure.Despite a plethora of studies on scour around individual bridge piers or abutments,few studies have focused on the ...